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Wednesday July 4th, 2007

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Unified Northern Delegation Makes Official Visit To The United States

A delegation from Northern Ireland's power-sharing government, headed by Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and including DUP Finance Minister Peter Robinson was in the U.S. last week to advertise the fact that the North was "open for business" again Read more...

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Fails In The Senate

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern, T.D., vowed to continue the fight to secure citizenship for thousands of illegal Irish in America after the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill failed to achieve cloture in the U.S. for the second time Read more...

The 'Sea Stallion of Glendalough' Is Launched In Roskilde, Denmark

Dick Roche TD, the new Minister for European Affairs launched the 'Sea Stallion of Glendalough' along with Mayor of Roskilde, the Danish Minister for Culture Brian Mikkelsen on Sunday at Roskilde, Denmark Read more...

New Security Measures For Irish Prisons

The new Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr Brian Lenihan T.D., announced that he had obtained Government approval for significant additional staffing resources to introduce a range of new security measures in Ireland's prisons last week Read more...

Student Grant To Increase By 10% From September

Over 56,000 students who receive a maintenance grant to attend higher and further education will see this grant increase by 10%, or twice the rate of inflation, from September Read more...